I gave a talk on DSLR astroimaging at the inaugural Australian Astro Imaging Conference up on the Gold Coast last week.

I was inspired by several other presenters there and I decided to process some data.

This composition is my second "proper" image ever taken with my SBIG CCD, and, the very first time I've ever indulged in a mosaic. I believe in diving into the deep end and learning how to swim.

Presented here is a rough-as-guts work in progress, consisting of six panels of luminance frames, totaling about 11 hours of data thus far. The goal is to capture a 4x2 mosaic, giving 8 panels and approximately 70 hours of exposure in total. I'm not sure if I will reach that goal this season, but, you can rest assured I'm trying to get out to dark skies every chance I get.

I am very pleased with my messing about with PixInsight over the last two days. It is a mammoth bit of software and its power is seen through pretty much every operation that you ask it to perform. I look forward to getting to grips with its minutiae that will hopefully allow me to create pleasing images.

Note: the panel in the bottom right sticks out like a sore thumb as it has less data than the other panels.

Looks very promising, I'm really looking forward to seeing your finished image, good luck on clear skies! I'm just jealous that this "rough-as-guts work" would have me jumping with joy if i could produce something like that! haha